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ok I bought one of those webcaster guns that looks like a gluegun I tried last year to use it but it didnt web out at all it was very thick and clumpy. Any ideas suggestions is it worth using in a Yard Scene.

Any help would be much appreciated

I found that you need considerable air pressure, I ran mine at 90psi, and to let it really heat up. The yellow sticks never looked good but the regular sticks that came with the gun ( i also bought the replacements to make sure I didn't gum it up) looked very good. I used it in my yard display to web up the hearse and with a very low level blue light on it looked ok.

High air pressure and patience. I think we expected to spray webs continuously but we ran into the same thing. We had to give it time to get good and hot, spray a little, wait for it to reheat and spray a little and so on. The effect was great but it did take a lot longer than we had imagined.

good post, I was debating getting one, I think I'll pass now.

I made my own but had the same problem. You just have to experiment with air pressure, how long you can shoot for, trigger pressure, and even the angle you hold the gun at. After a few wasted glue sticks I had a technique I was happy with.

It's best to purchase a high wattage glue gun to accomplish this, one that provides a constant heat. Usually the pressure doesn't have to be set that high (play with it) maybe 30-40 psi to get a nice covering. I used a regular industrial type glue gun and my blow nozzle on my compressor to achieve this (took a bit of fiddling around but it worked) i have video on my profile of how i did this, check it out.

From what I can recall, the Webcaster has about an 80 Watt heater in it. The higher the wattage, the longer you can run it before it needs to rest for reheating. Using it outside also diminishes the amount of time it can be used before cooling too much and gunking up. I built one a few years back and it has worked OK, but not great. I used a 40W glue gun, I think. I just bought a Minions Web MW-C at Transworld, and while I have not received it yet, I have a friend who bought one a few years ago after no luck with his own design and the results in his house last year were unbelievable! that one runs somewhere North of 125W, I believe.

And from talking to Corey at Transworld, the key is to use just enough pressure on the trigger to get a nice thin thread of glue to shoot out, and not keep pressing the trigger all the way in in an attempt to just shoot webs everywhere, because you'll end up getting globs of glue and clogging your webber quick.

This is an excellent video. Good advice, GREAT demo of how it should perform and behave.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4u4aCtoG8]YouTube - Spider Web Shooter Gun Instructional Video[/ame]

They really are not that hard to use, just takes a little finess and patience. Its really the only way to get realistic webs IMO.

Originally Posted by FracturedDS

They really are not that hard to use, just takes a little finess and patience. Its really the only way to get realistic webs IMO.

I'm glad you added "IMO"......